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Excerpt from Arnljot Gelline The biographer of Björnson, Christian Collin, characterizes both Björnson and Ibsen as men of "two-story minds," and suggests that herein lies the secret of their power and charm. The foundation-story, in both cases, is built of material quarried from the historical and legendary past of Norway, its sagas, its folk-lore, and its mythology, and in this rich treasure-house of imagery and fundamental motive both poets found the poetical inspiration of their earlier work. Then the ferment of modern thought became active in their minds, and they built their superstructure out of the materials - political or social, intellectual or moral - provided by contemporary life, discussing or envisaging the problems of the modern world in the light of the creative imagination that had come to maturity during their preoccupation with the deep-rooted ideas that were their racial inheritance. Certainly, the outstanding fact in the career of both poets is the transformation in form, if not in spirit, that came over their work at the age of forty or thereabouts. Ibsen spoke of having had many a lyrical Pegasus slain beneath him, and Bjornson proclaimed that the best poet a people could have was he who flung himself into the thick of life, and came most closely in touch with his fellow-men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Poetry Poetry by individual poets

• Full title: Arnljot Gelline (Classic Reprint)
• Author: Björnstjerne Björnson
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180
• EAN: 9781331677703
• ISBN: 9781331677703
• ID: 09775032
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Weight: 249 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. July 2015

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